Four Hours in Rome

Our reason for this trip to Italy is helping with our Italian Granddaughter while our daughter trains as a yoga teacher. A very good reason to be here, but I hadn’t really examined how it…

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‘Tis the Season . . . To Leave Town?

First Monday in December, and I look back to see that this time last yearwe were still jet-lagged, preparing for a first Christmas in our new home, a condo we’d only lived in for a…

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Saturday Report: City Life, Vancouver Style. . .

I uploaded these photos early Thursday, planning to write the text the next morning before our visiting family woke.  No time for a Five Things Friday, but I thought I could manage a quick What…

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Thanksgiving In the City, Reflections . . .

Today is officially Canadian Thanksgiving (here’s a fascinating article about the respective histories of the American and the Canadian feast, in light of the indigenous celebrations that preceded contact) but like many Canadians, our family…

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A Walk on the Beach

 Want to take a beach walk with me? We got back from our island visit Saturday evening, went to a beautiful and emotional shower at my sister’s (for my nephew’s new daughter) on Sunday, and…

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